Several mummies charged forward at high speed.
Billie had just unleashed a powerful attack and felt slightly weakened, so she didn't speak out to stop them.
She had some doubts; could it really be that her skills were countered?
As a former princess of an Annihilation race, her sword was extraordinary.
In theory, no giant race should be able to resist her creation divine light!
This Frost Giant might not be simple at all.
However...
Visually, the Frost Giant looked quite ordinary before making a move, with no signs of energy fluctuations, appearing almost like a "mortal" without any profession.
While Billie felt that her subordinates might not be able to defeat the giant, they were still divine-level units; surely they wouldn't be taken out in an instant, right?
Yet, as the frost aura wrapped around them,
the mummies that had stepped forward instantly turned into ice sculptures, frozen in place and unable to move!!
Moreover, many of them had gathered their Iridescent-Level skills, with shimmering lights forming a majestic eagle slowly taking shape, a strange mist swirling upwards.
But they were all trapped within the ice!
Energy, air currents, matter, Divine Power, souls—everything, both abstract and concrete, was surprisingly frozen by the seemingly ordinary mortal ice!
Without the Frost Giant needing to take further action, the soul flames within the mummies began to extinguish naturally in the extreme cold!
Although it was not visible to the naked eye,
Billie seemed to have a special perception of the mummies, and her expression changed drastically.
In a single encounter, out of thirteen divine-level mummies, four had already completely perished.
They died without even realizing it, their faces still maintaining an excited and fervent look.
Now, seeing their companions unable to move, the remaining nine mummies continued forward, their minds unable to comprehend the situation, only thinking that since the enemy wasn't taken care of, they should keep attacking.
Only Billie looked grim and quickly spoke up to stop them.
"Wait! You all..."
She wanted to warn her remaining nine subordinates to prevent them from walking into their deaths.
But sadly, it was too late!
After achieving success with a single strike, the Frost Giant was even more delighted. It had been tracking that annoying little mouse, but the target was too slippery, always dodging its attacks and possessing an inexplicable ability to teleport over great distances, making it difficult to catch!
This so-called little mouse referred to Sterl.
From the giant's perspective, it could not sense the time had stopped; it simply thought Sterl could teleport.
The Frost Giant was like a child who had just received candy, filled with joy.
These mice before it weren't running away but were actively attacking!
How delightful!
You're so sensible!
The Frost Giant charged forward!
The nine mummies, completely obedient to Billie's command, attempted to retreat quickly.
But it was too late!
When the Frost Giant exploded into motion, its speed was far beyond that of the divine!
It struck out with a palm, the same strike it had used to lock onto Sterl.
Once the nine mummies were targeted, they immediately stopped moving.
Run? There was nowhere to run!
Resist? There was no way to resist!
They could only kneel on the ground, like lambs waiting to be slaughtered!
They stared blankly at the giant palm expanding above them, their eyes devoid of emotion.
For the mummies, who had been tormented by the passage of time for what felt like an eternity, true death was a form of eternal sleep.
Boom!
"I didn't communicate with the Ancient One; that bastard pulled me over himself. One day, I will kill him."
Sterl stood beside Billie, his words transmitted telepathically. In an instant, Billie grasped his meaning.
At that moment, the withered girl couldn't help but reveal a heart-wrenching look of sadness. "Really?"
"You really intend to be enemies with the Ancient One?"
"Of course I do..."
Sterl smiled gently, but suddenly his expression morphed into one of sheer madness.
"I'm just kidding!"
"Hahaha!!"
"I will destroy this world along with the Ancient One; it's all your fault for not stopping me!"
Sterl laughed maniacally, and the sword blade he had formed pierced Billie's heart without hesitation!
He truly intended to oppose the Ancient One, but he hadn't forgotten the grudge of being hunted down.
Normally, he wouldn't engage in chit-chat before delivering a finishing blow.
Since he was talking, there was definitely a purpose behind it.
Sterl aimed to ensure that Billie would die without peace of mind!
That was his twisted pleasure!
As Sterl ended Billie's life, the hunting team pursuing the remnants of the Starry Clan was completely annihilated!
Sterl quietly observed the prompt that popped up, frowning slightly as a Fate Token beside him faded into light and disappeared.
The Frost Giant's palm was already pressed against Sterl's forehead.
"Ha."
Sterl remained calm, as if that giant hand couldn't harm him at all.
Boom!!
A deep pit formed in the ground again.
Sterl was dead.
That's right; he wasn't panicking because, in his attempt to seize the opportunity for a finishing blow, Sterl was destined to die once more and could not escape.
Then, the Frost Giant quickly turned to look behind.
Amidst the golden light and threads, Sterl's body gradually became whole again.
He activated the Law of Time again...
Snap.
With the sound of a finger snap, a time rift appeared, freezing the giant's body in mid-air.
"The Law of Time is more than enough to deal with you."
Sterl clapped his hands in satisfaction.
Thus, his exploration of the Starry Clan ruins came to a successful conclusion!
"Oh right!"
"Earlier, I obtained a coordinate through the Mark of the Heavens; maybe I should check it out."
He thought for a moment, swiftly distancing himself from the Frost Giant, activating the time acceleration effect, and heading toward the coordinates recorded by the Mark of the Heavens.
Upon arriving at the location, Sterl felt a bit disappointed.
It was an instance entrance situated on a mountain close to the starry sky, its peak polished to a smooth finish, where a barracks was stationed.
Using the Star Mark's sensing ability, Sterl discovered that it clearly housed a Starry Clan legacy meant for slaves.
Moreover, there was a faction guarding the entrance of the instance.
Sterl silently noted this location.
The slave legacy might not be useless to him.
If Sterl allowed others to learn the slave legacy and then allocated points to them, according to the fundamental logic of point allocation, only the parts of the creation and abilities that were disadvantageous to Sterl would be eliminated.
Clearly, Sterl could control the parts of the slave legacy that were advantageous to him, ensuring they wouldn't be optimized away by point allocation.